Sarah W. Caron is the author of several cookbooks including The Super Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook, due out Sept. 18 from Rockridge Press. She's a writer, editor, and recipe developer who works to spread the word that good food doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. She also blogs about quick and easy cooking for busy folks at Sarah’s Cucina Bella.

Breakfast doesn’t get much easier than sheet pan pancakes. This recipe’s so simple, you can even whip it up on weekday mornings—without waking up an hour earlier—which is worth celebrating if you’ve got pancake-loving kids like mine. You just mix up the batter, bake it in a sheet pan, and then slice the pancakes into […]

On a snowy winter day when my kids were tired of being cooped up a few years ago, I grabbed a giant measuring cup and a bowl, and together we whipped up snow ice cream—a strangely satisfying concoction that is somewhere between a snow cone and homemade ice cream. With a slightly icy texture and […]

Twinkly lights, bubbly drinks, laughter and delicious finger foods. Those are the ingredients for a fun and festive New Year’s Eve. Since childhood, New Year’s Eve has meant shared appetizers (like stuffed mushrooms) eaten late, watching movies and eventually watching the ball drop in New York. Today, these are traditions that I share with my […]

A tofu stir-fry that’s a kid favorite! Whenever my kids and I go out for sushi or hibachi, my daughter gets very excited for the miso soup that comes with our meal. She adores the soup and especially the bits of tofu found inside it. Yes, the tofu. Go figure. So when she spotted this […]

“Is that what I think it is?” my daughter asked. This bacon wrapped chicken tenders impress my kids every single time I make it. But they don’t have to know just how easy it is. Am I right? With just a few ingredients — chicken, bacon and some seasonings — this recipe turns a kid favorite […]

“Oooh, what’s that?” my son asked when I was making dinner the other night. “Buffalo chicken meatballs,” I replied. “Oh wow, they smell so good.” Buffalo chicken used to be a flavor combination that I reserved for game day in the dead of winter. But why only have it then? The combination of buffalo sauce […]

My kids and their grandmother (my mom) have something they call “the lasagna club.” The terms of the membership include an unabashed, undying, eager passion for all things lasagna. So you can imagine how excited they were when I introduced lasagna stuffed peppers into their lives. Lasagna in its own single-serving edible vessel? They were […]